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Jonathan Douglas, the director of the National Literacy Trust, hit the headlines recently when he was reported saying that the days of children reading books are numbered.  “Publishers must adapt to the demands of modern young readers who spend more time on the internet if they are to succeed in persuading the next generation to read” he was quoted as saying in The Independent.  What - is this the end of reading, then?  On today’s show, we speak directly to Jonathan and find out what’s what.

In today’s Write Report, Donna reveals how sci-fi writers have always been suspected of treasonable activities by governments - their prescience is their downfall, apparently.   And no sooner are the new TV schedules are announced, but a whole raft of shows (and their writers)  hit the “endangered” list.  In Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she discovers an excellent website to assist authors in that tricky enterprise, the naming of characters.

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Links:The Write Report, The Independent, National Literacy Trust, Baby Name Genie

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Tags: authors, censorship, Jonathan Douglas, National Literacy Trust